LECHON MANOK (Filipino grilled chicken)
















2 whole chickens

Marinating:
1 litre pineapple juice
100 ml lime juice
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoon soya sauce
2 tablespoon vinegar
10 g dashi no motto (instant fish broth - I used 100 ml of strong fragrant chicken broth that I made day before)
50 g garlic
50 g ginger (not necessary)
sugar
salt

Put everything except of pineapple juice in the blender and blend, then mix with the pineapple juice. Take the chicken in the large pot and cover with the marinade. Marinade at least 3 hours. I recommend to marinate it overnight.


Filling:
6 stems spring onion
4 bay leaves
4 stems lemongrass

Take out the chicken from the fridge 30 minutes before roasting. Fill the chicken with chopped lemongrass, spring onions and bay leaves.

Roasting:

Rotisserie
Put tied chicken on the rotisserie forks and fix. Roast in rotisserie for about 3 hours. Mix 100 ml of marinade, 50 ml oil, 30 ml soya sauce, 30 g sugar, 15 g salt and apply on chicken during roasting.

Oven
Put the chicken on a greased baking sheet and roast it in the pre-heated oven on 200C for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes turn down the heat to 180C and roast for 50 minutes. After 50 minutes pour some marinade under the chicken and roast for further 30 minus. Turn down the heat afterwards to 100C a let the chicken rest in the oven for another 30 minutes. Put the chicken out and let it rest outside for 10 minutes. Serve with a rice.







Enjoy.

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